The second season of the American television sitcom '' The Big Bang Theory'' aired on CBS from September 22, 2008 to May 11, 2009. A DVD consisting of all 23 episodes of the season was released on September 15, 2009, and a Blu-ray version was reissued on July 10, 2012, with remastered surround sound audio, whereas the DVD version only had stereo. Jim Parsons submitted the episode "

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" for consideration due to his nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2009, TV Guide ranked the episode #60 on its list for the 100 Greatest Episodes.

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submitted the episode " The Maternal Capacitance" for consideration due to her nomination for the

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at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards.

Cast

Main cast

* Johnny Galecki as Dr. Leonard Hofstadter * Jim Parsons as Dr. Sheldon Cooper * Kaley Cuoco as

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as Howard Wolowitz * Kunal Nayyar as Dr. Rajesh "Raj" Koothrappali * Sara Gilbert as Leslie Winkle

Recurring cast

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as Mrs. Wolowitz * Mark Harelik as Dr. Eric Gablehauser * Brian George as Dr. V.M. Koothrappali * Alice Amter as Mrs. Koothrappali * John Ross Bowie as Dr. Barry Kripke *

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as Dr. Stephanie Barnett *

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* Brian Patrick Wade as Kurt

Guest cast

* Travis Schuldt as Eric * Charlie Sheen as himself * Octavia Spencer as DMV employee * Riki Lindhome as Ramona Nowitzki *

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as themself * Emily Happe as Kathy O'Brien * Samantha Potter as herself * Michael Trucco as Dr. David Underhill *

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as herself * George Smoot as himself * Valerie Azlynn as Alicia *

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as Mikayla

Episodes

Reception

Compared to season one, the second season received critical acclaim. Jessica Paff of Screener wrote that "if they can keep the funny coming, I will keep watching", Ken Tucker of '' Entertainment Weekly'' praised the improvements to the character of Sheldon Cooper, writing that "Prickly Sheldon has become a character to love, and ctor JimParsons is doing something rare on network TV: making intellectualism admirable, even heroic", and James Chamberlin of ''

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'' wrote that "Jim Parsons is a riot and is reason enough to tune in each week."

Notes

References

;General references * * *

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Big Bang Theory, The 2008 American television seasons 2009 American television seasons The Big Bang Theory seasons